Politics, Propaganda, and Bots–The Changing Nature of Cyber Warfare

Published on
19 May 2016

Written by
Philip Howard

Sam Woolley was a member of a panel at the News Impact Summit on the theme, “Trolls, Corruption, Falsehood: Reporting ‘Truth’ in the Digital Age”. The event was held on Thursday 12 May 2016 at the Sheikh Zayed Theatre on the campus of London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The video is available here.

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Professor Philip Howard

Professor of Internet Studies

Philip N. Howard is a professor of sociology, information and international affairs, and the author of Lie Machines: How to Save Democracy from Troll Armies, Deceitful Robots, Junk News Operations, and Political Operatives.

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Sam Woolley

Former Research Assistant

Samuel Woolley was the Director of Research of the Computational Propaganda project. His work focuses on the intersection of political communication and automation—with a specific focus on political bots on social media platforms.

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